Mental health

12 Aug

Social Media Platforms Are Harming a Generation of Kids

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Investigating the impact of platforms on child safety with Olivia Carville. Source link lol

17 Jul

Meta gives researchers access to Instagram data for teen mental health study

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Serious concerns have been raised about the effect of social media on teenagers’ mental well-being. Meta is letting a group of researchers examine some of Instagram’s data to determine if social media is psychologically damaging younger users. reported that the Center for Open Science (COS) is launching a new joint pilot program with Meta to produce independent studies about how social media affects teenagers’ mental health.The program will conduct “independent academic” research using up to six months of Instagram data to determine the “potential positive or negative associations of Instagram use” among teens and young adults. The study will also examine…